Sunday, 4 October 2026

Coronation of the Pretender

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The Ravens flee the Tower and Laughter dies to end Delight. Where Squandered Blood cannot fade Caged Birds sing their Silence . Bridges groa...
Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Vignette 14 ( Twenty-Five Words * ) Conference at Villa Minoux Wannsee

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Practical ashtrays and water carafes       were uniformly spaced around the table,           floors waxed to the highest sheen.             ...
Monday, 24 August 2026

Vignette 13 ( Twenty-Five Words * ) Brief Encounter at a Bar-Tabac.

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  ‘Rugbyman! Le même!’ two strangers in          the Bar des Sports exclaimed together.          S imilarities between their swollen knuc...
Saturday, 15 August 2026

Vignette 12 ( Twenty-Five Words * ) USA. A traffic stop. ‘Pull over!’

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A suspicious vehicle is halted for weapons search. Cop: ‘ Show your hands! Take your hand from behind your back!’ Suspect: ‘ OK. ’ (Draws c...
Tuesday, 16 June 2026

Vignette 11 (twenty-five words*): Overheard at Society Wedding. St George’s, Hanover Square, Mayfair. 1958.

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American pressman: ‘That gal’s just too darn peachy-keen to be real. ’ Guest: ‘Yes, but in her county set, darling, frigidity is considered...
Wednesday, 3 June 2026

Vignette 10 : Twenty-five words.* On Saint Agnes’ Eve

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         On Saint Agnes’ Eve                   her bridal veil burst into flames                           when her suitor clasped her hand ...
Sunday, 17 May 2026

The Light that Failed: Counterviews. Polemical Art, Illusion and Disillusion. Blunt versus Solzhenitsyn.

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Anthony Blunt – tarnished knight of the realm, professed communist, and Keeper of the Queen’s Pictures – was unequivocal when a young man ...